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members of the white house weighed in on this, but jay carney taking questions at the top of the white house briefing. >> on the issue of contraceptives, speaker boehner is wanting to deny it through the rule, and i'm kind of curious about your reaction to that, and if it were to happen, is that the kind of omeasure that the president would veto, or does he feel that strongly? >> well, that is a lot of speculation embedded in that question. i won't go there. on this issue from the very beginning we have concerns as we work to implement the law, and as i said yesterday on january 20th when this decision was announced secretary sebelius said quote we will continue to work closely with religious groups in this transitional periods to discuss their concern s. i would note that 28 states have similar contraception coverage requirements and eight of the states as i have mentioned before do not even the exemption that this provision requires for churches and house of worship. we want to work with all of the organizations to implement the policy that is as sensitive to their concerns as possib
members of the white house weighed in on this, but jay carney taking questions at the top of the white house briefing. >> on the issue of contraceptives, speaker boehner is wanting to deny it through the rule, and i'm kind of curious about your reaction to that, and if it were to happen, is that the kind of omeasure that the president would veto, or does he feel that strongly? >> well, that is a lot of speculation embedded in that question. i won't go there. on this issue from the...
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. >> reporter: jay carney didn't say what happened in the meeting but said that the president is committed to raising taxes on top earners. >> a certain level of revenue gleaned from the wealthy has to be met. the only way to do that is to go through in part rates rising. >> the white house wants tax hikes on incomes over $250,000. speaker boehner's new proposal is to increase taxes for incomes over $1 million. >> we made a reasonable offer and it's up to the white house. >> reporter: he called for compromise last week. his new offer also demands that the $1 trillion in new taxes is matched by spending cuts from democrats. >> if the president will step up, we can do good in the days ahead. >> reporter: many republicans said they would not let anyone's taxes go up. but since failing to reach a deal would raise taxes on everyone, that stance is softening. >> i am prepared to support the agreement. >> there is a gap between $250,000 the million dollar. it's in the right direction. >> the bottom line, either lawmakers will reach a deal before new years or the nation goes over the fiscal cliff
. >> reporter: jay carney didn't say what happened in the meeting but said that the president is committed to raising taxes on top earners. >> a certain level of revenue gleaned from the wealthy has to be met. the only way to do that is to go through in part rates rising. >> the white house wants tax hikes on incomes over $250,000. speaker boehner's new proposal is to increase taxes for incomes over $1 million. >> we made a reasonable offer and it's up to the white...
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and follow up by jay carney, the white hou white house aide. >> speaker boehner said he would be happy to work with the president on a true energy policy. your read out there, pretty upbeat, too, and was there a specific agenda that came out of the agenda that the american people can say that will likely be done? >> well, i don't want a specific piece of legislation or itemize the topics. as we talked about yesterday, i said and we put out a statement from amy brunledge, that the republicans put out the jobs act and elements within it that overlap considerably with the president's prior tis and in fact echo the very things that the president brought up first in his speech in september when he put forward his american jobs act. he repeated those very same areas in terms of the small business and assistance to small business in the state of the union address and again last week when he signed the payroll tax extension. so, certainly, there is reason to hope that if congress can focus on resolving some differences that we could get some progress in that arena or that area. and as for ener
and follow up by jay carney, the white hou white house aide. >> speaker boehner said he would be happy to work with the president on a true energy policy. your read out there, pretty upbeat, too, and was there a specific agenda that came out of the agenda that the american people can say that will likely be done? >> well, i don't want a specific piece of legislation or itemize the topics. as we talked about yesterday, i said and we put out a statement from amy brunledge, that the...
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. >> the comments of jay carney earlier today. the headline from the washington times, sparks fly at a white house meeting. joining us live on the phone is susan crabtree who posted the story a short while ago. thank you for being with us. >> thanks for having me. >> we have the he said she said statements from the speaker of the house, john boehner, reaction from nancy pelosi saying the speaker's characterization of the meeting wasn't quite right. as you indicated and others indicated some rather tense words, if you want to say tense, between the president and the speaker on the debt limit vote. what have you been able to glean from the session? because nobody spoke on the record after the session. >> it seemed like the white house portrayed it in a friendly light when jay carney came out for comments saying it was a friendly meeting and he was emphasizing his to do lists and goals he was trying to get accomplished or passed by the end of the year. but during the briefing you got a read out from boehner's office and it was saying
. >> the comments of jay carney earlier today. the headline from the washington times, sparks fly at a white house meeting. joining us live on the phone is susan crabtree who posted the story a short while ago. thank you for being with us. >> thanks for having me. >> we have the he said she said statements from the speaker of the house, john boehner, reaction from nancy pelosi saying the speaker's characterization of the meeting wasn't quite right. as you indicated and others...
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at the daily briefing, jay carney at the top of the briefing making a direct reference to the speaker on gas and energy price. >> reporter: before i get started, i wanted to note as the president predicted last week when he came a speech at the university of miami, upon its return to washington, congress or at least some members in congress are politicized the issue of gas prices. speaker of the house apparently spoke with reporters this morning in which he suggested that the president wasn't in support of expanding domestic oil and gas production, which is categorically false and suggested that somehow, simply by drilling or approving the keystone pipeline that would lower gas prices, that's the kind of empty promise that politicians make when we face hiex in the global price of oil, that is really dishonest with the kind of promise that -- promises that are dishonest with the american people and as you now, the president has from the beginning supported an all the above approach to our energy challenges. that includes expanding domestic oil and gas production as you know, oil and ga
at the daily briefing, jay carney at the top of the briefing making a direct reference to the speaker on gas and energy price. >> reporter: before i get started, i wanted to note as the president predicted last week when he came a speech at the university of miami, upon its return to washington, congress or at least some members in congress are politicized the issue of gas prices. speaker of the house apparently spoke with reporters this morning in which he suggested that the president...
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carney. >> can you talk about the timing of the meeting with congressional leaders, why it came about now? both sides are upbeat. isn't it a sign of the partisanship and the fighting between the two parties that there has not been a meeting of this kind since july? >> well, two things about that. one is that there has certainly been communication between the president and the leaders of the house and senate and in the time since they last sat down together? i think last summer and spring were notable for the high number of hours the leaders spent together with the president as they tried to work out, a vovoi and work out deficit and debt reduction in the summer. as for the meeting it was an opportunity as the president saw it to meet with the leadership at the beginning of this year. it was useful to do it after congress acted on the president's highest priority for the beginning of the year which was ensuring that the payroll tax cut was extended so that 160 million americans didn't see their taxes go up tomorrow. having done that it was an opportunity for the president to meet with
carney. >> can you talk about the timing of the meeting with congressional leaders, why it came about now? both sides are upbeat. isn't it a sign of the partisanship and the fighting between the two parties that there has not been a meeting of this kind since july? >> well, two things about that. one is that there has certainly been communication between the president and the leaders of the house and senate and in the time since they last sat down together? i think last summer and...
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karen bohan, who covers the white house for writer's news with questions to press secretary jay carney. >> jay, can you talk about the timing of the meeting with congressional leaders why this came about now? and, also, although both sides are up, isn't it kind of a sign of the partisanship and the fighting between the two parties that there has not been a meeting of this kind since july? >> well, i say two things about that. one is that there has certainly been communication between the president and the leaders of the house and the senate in the last -- in the time since they last sat down together. i think last summer and spring were notable for the high number of hours that the leaders spent together with the president as they tried to work out -- avoid overt to government shut down in the spring and work out an agreement on deficit and debt reduction in the summer. >>> as for this meeting, it was an opportunity as the president saw it to meet with the leadership at the beginning of this year. it was useful to do it after congress acted on the president's highest priority for the b
karen bohan, who covers the white house for writer's news with questions to press secretary jay carney. >> jay, can you talk about the timing of the meeting with congressional leaders why this came about now? and, also, although both sides are up, isn't it kind of a sign of the partisanship and the fighting between the two parties that there has not been a meeting of this kind since july? >> well, i say two things about that. one is that there has certainly been communication...
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white house press secretary jay carney accusing house republicans of, quote, caving to pressure from wall street lobbyists by removing a provision to require political intelligence firms to be registered as lobbyists. this is all part of the debate over the stock act which easily passed the senate and is up for a vote tomorrow in the house of representatives. >>> turning to politics, one day after rick santorum was able to sweep in missouri, minnesota and colorado, mitt romney on the defensive going after rick santorum calling him a washington insider and former house speaker newt gingrich returning to georgia next week to raise money and to campaign two days of campaigning in his home state, all in advance of the super tuesday primary on march 6th. the next round of primaries by the end at the end of this month in arizona and in michigan. we'll have more on presidential pol politics later in the program. let's begin with the comments of house speaker john boehner as he went to the floor critical of the president in his decision that would require religious organizations including ca
white house press secretary jay carney accusing house republicans of, quote, caving to pressure from wall street lobbyists by removing a provision to require political intelligence firms to be registered as lobbyists. this is all part of the debate over the stock act which easily passed the senate and is up for a vote tomorrow in the house of representatives. >>> turning to politics, one day after rick santorum was able to sweep in missouri, minnesota and colorado, mitt romney on the...
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. >> white house spokesman jay carney says he insisted that president obama's claim of executive privilege is not a coverup. >> i don't a way to characterize the documents in question here. >> even if carney's struck to explain the scope of the privilege claim in the "fast and furious" scandal. >> how many pages -- i >> don't have a page count for you. >> well, why not? >> i just don't. >> what carney did know is republicans should be more worried about the economy. >> congressional republicans are focused on this politically motivated taxpayer funded election year, fishing expedition. >> defiant attorney general eric holder agreed. all the way from denmark slammed house republicans for moving forward on contempt charges. >> to say that the action that the committee took yesterday was unwarranted, unnecessary, and unprecedented. >> republicans showed no signs of backing down. senator marco rubio, potential v.p. pick, urged holder to resign. john boehner stopped short of that saying it's not about personalities but vowed to push the full house to hold him in contempt. >> this is about getti
. >> white house spokesman jay carney says he insisted that president obama's claim of executive privilege is not a coverup. >> i don't a way to characterize the documents in question here. >> even if carney's struck to explain the scope of the privilege claim in the "fast and furious" scandal. >> how many pages -- i >> don't have a page count for you. >> well, why not? >> i just don't. >> what carney did know is republicans should be...
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carney announcing the administration will work to deal with concerns on the contraceptive rule. and the associated press, ben feller, getting the first question and the first topic was this one. >> on the contraception issue, speaker boehner is promising to repeal the rule through legislation and senator connell has talked about the same. i'm curious about your reaction to that and if that were to happen, is that the kind of measure that the president would veto? >> i think that's a lot of speculation embedded in that question and i'm not going to go there. i think on this issue, from the very beginning, we've said we'll listen and work with individuals who have concerns as we work to implement the law. as i said yesterday, on january 20th, when this decision was announced, secretary sebelius said, quote, we'll continue to work closely with religious gripes during this transitional period to discuss their concerns and i would note that 28 states have similar contraception coverage requirements. and aided states, as i mentioned before, do not even have exemption that this church
carney announcing the administration will work to deal with concerns on the contraceptive rule. and the associated press, ben feller, getting the first question and the first topic was this one. >> on the contraception issue, speaker boehner is promising to repeal the rule through legislation and senator connell has talked about the same. i'm curious about your reaction to that and if that were to happen, is that the kind of measure that the president would veto? >> i think that's a...
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on air force one, the press secretary, jay carney says it was self-evident that what happened in benghazi was a terrorist attack. president obama was asked about that today >> what we do know is that the natural protests that arose because of the outrage over the video were used as an excuse by extremists to see if they can also directly harm u.s. interests. >> reporter: intelligence officials now believe it could have been a planned attack all along, looking like a protest. today, officials briefed top members of congress. >> i think the story now is that there was not a demonstration. this was a pre-planned attack. >> reporter: but after the killings, the administration blamed it on protests sparked by the anti-islamist video. >> what happened in benghazi was a spontaneous reaction to what had happened hours before in cairo. >> reporter: frustrated, john mccain lashed out at officials for not pointing to al qaeda members. >> i was shocked they thought it was a spontaneous demonstration. it shows the level of their knowledge about fundamental aspects of terrorist attacks and militant ope
on air force one, the press secretary, jay carney says it was self-evident that what happened in benghazi was a terrorist attack. president obama was asked about that today >> what we do know is that the natural protests that arose because of the outrage over the video were used as an excuse by extremists to see if they can also directly harm u.s. interests. >> reporter: intelligence officials now believe it could have been a planned attack all along, looking like a protest. today,...
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questions to press secretary jay carney. >> reps are repeatedly criticized the president for not working with them on their jobs act. what is the president's position on working with the speaker and others on their version of a jobs act? >> i think there is great opportunity to -- great overlap in between this administration's position on some of these issues, especially with with regard to small businesses. i believe the house majority leader put forward on politico some of his policy proposals and there's real opportunity to work to get a lot of that done. it goes right to the point that i've been making that conventional wisdom holds that we can't accomplish things at that both the administration and congress controlled largely by the other party can agree on, but that's not true. that's a perfect example of an area to find common ground and can achieve some of the things that after all a number of the items that the house majority leader put forward in na op-ed in politico are ones that the president suggested in september and he reiterated at the state of june address. i think that
questions to press secretary jay carney. >> reps are repeatedly criticized the president for not working with them on their jobs act. what is the president's position on working with the speaker and others on their version of a jobs act? >> i think there is great opportunity to -- great overlap in between this administration's position on some of these issues, especially with with regard to small businesses. i believe the house majority leader put forward on politico some of his...
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jay carney saying this is a wholly unnecessary vote pointing the finger at republicans saying they are just all about politics here. they are made a strategic choice to score some political points. they should be focused on the economy, putting more teachers in the classroom and making sure the interest rates stay low. not on this vote. >> i know it was the president who used the executive privilege last week. can the white house or doj do anything if it's this late in the game to hold off this contempt vote? >> reporter: that's such a good question because there were behind the scene negotiations that broke down, but white house spokesman jay carney, sounded a bit optimistic. sgh y >> you remain hopeful that common sense revails. you have to look at the beginning of the year when republicans announced that one of their chief legislative priorities was to investigate and damage the president politically. >> reporter: he is hopeful, but he would not say whether there were ongoing talks between the white house and members of congress and whether or not the president himself was actively
jay carney saying this is a wholly unnecessary vote pointing the finger at republicans saying they are just all about politics here. they are made a strategic choice to score some political points. they should be focused on the economy, putting more teachers in the classroom and making sure the interest rates stay low. not on this vote. >> i know it was the president who used the executive privilege last week. can the white house or doj do anything if it's this late in the game to hold...
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jay carney, the president's press secretary was asked directly about that yesterday at the white house briefing and he said flat out, i'm not going to comment about the spr and you know, obviously, the white house is cognizant of the facting it could look like a desperation move and kind of risky for national security purposes and they don't want to go there, but you know, depending on what happens, obviously, traditionally gas prices rise during the summertime and everybody's concerned that gas prices are spiking so much now in february and january and march when they're usually at a low point. >> when the president said there is no silver bullet, no easy answers, how does that play among the electorate? >> well, i haven't seen any polling on it, but you know, i think everybody, you know, every time you go to the gas pumps with your suv and it costs you 50 or $60 to fill up the tank. >> that's cheap. sometimes it's $80 or $100. >> you want an immediate solution. so i don't know how it's going to turn out this year, but democrats are definitely worried that this is -- things have been
jay carney, the president's press secretary was asked directly about that yesterday at the white house briefing and he said flat out, i'm not going to comment about the spr and you know, obviously, the white house is cognizant of the facting it could look like a desperation move and kind of risky for national security purposes and they don't want to go there, but you know, depending on what happens, obviously, traditionally gas prices rise during the summertime and everybody's concerned that...
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. >> at the white house briefing, spokesman jay carney pushed back on allegation the administration was not forthcoming on the benghazi attack. specifically what happened on september 11 at the white house as the president met with defense secretary and joint chiefs. >> made aware of the developments throughout the evening and days ensuing. i'm not sure what your question is specifically. >> while they are not independent investigations, carney pointed to the state department internal review, public timeline from the defense department that lays out the military response. similar briefing last week by intelligence officials on the c.i.a. emergency response. >> next week, half dozen hearings or briefings are scheduled including the state department under-secretary patrick kennedy charged with jeff seeing the staff facilities and operation and eric boswell charged with the jeff seeing the diplomatic security for benghazi and other foreign missions. the administration emphasizes the public right to know what unfolded in benghazi, all of next week session except for one will be closed. the
. >> at the white house briefing, spokesman jay carney pushed back on allegation the administration was not forthcoming on the benghazi attack. specifically what happened on september 11 at the white house as the president met with defense secretary and joint chiefs. >> made aware of the developments throughout the evening and days ensuing. i'm not sure what your question is specifically. >> while they are not independent investigations, carney pointed to the state department...
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the president nor spokesman jay carney provided specifics today, but congressional leaders are moving ahead. four democratic senator called for increased gun control laws. reinstituted the ban of weapons guns, mark warner who actually got an a-rating from the nra he today called for the introduction of rational gun-control measures. on the republican side though? crickets. it's not as if they didn't have the opportunity. meet the press reached out to 31 pro-gun-right senators to appear on the show this weekend, but all 31 declined the invitation. we cannot stand by any longer and watch this go on. tonight we're going to tell you how you can get involved as parents o children as voters as proud americans. we're going to talk about how we can reach the young men and boys who unfortunately are overwhelmingly likely to commit such crimes. 61 of the last 62 mass murders in this country were committed by young men. so stay there. you know who is coming on to me now? you know the kind of guys that do reverse mortgage commercials? those types are coming on to me all the time now. (vo) she get
the president nor spokesman jay carney provided specifics today, but congressional leaders are moving ahead. four democratic senator called for increased gun control laws. reinstituted the ban of weapons guns, mark warner who actually got an a-rating from the nra he today called for the introduction of rational gun-control measures. on the republican side though? crickets. it's not as if they didn't have the opportunity. meet the press reached out to 31 pro-gun-right senators to appear on the...
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. >> that was house speaker john boehner and white house press secretary jay carney yesterday. both suggesting that last week's horrible school shooting may just help the two sides in washington find some common ground. good morning, i'm brian schactman, this is "way too early." we have a lot of news to talk b including a tough new report saying the state department failed to provide enough security security in bengahzi, first the latest on newtown, connecticut. this morning president obama is expected to announce that vice president joe biden will spearhead his administration's response to the newtown shooting. the president is not expected to go into detail on policy decisions, but yesterday the white house hinted at what new legislation might look like. >> he is actively supportive of, for example, senator feinstein's stated intent to revive a piece of legislation that would reinstate the assault weapons ban. he supports and would support legislation that addresses the problem of the so-called gun show loophole. and there are other elements of gun legislation that he could s
. >> that was house speaker john boehner and white house press secretary jay carney yesterday. both suggesting that last week's horrible school shooting may just help the two sides in washington find some common ground. good morning, i'm brian schactman, this is "way too early." we have a lot of news to talk b including a tough new report saying the state department failed to provide enough security security in bengahzi, first the latest on newtown, connecticut. this morning...
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jay carney is starting the daily briefing today. we'll perhaps get more insight on where the president stands and on the developing news with david petraeus. let's listen. >> welcome back to the white house briefing room. it's a pleasure to be back. we haven't done this too often of late since we've all been traveling. i want to thank all of you who traveled with us over the past several weeks and months. i know that it was sometimes grueling, i'm sure ever fascinating and certainly part of what is is a remarkable process. it was just a reminder of the greatness of the country in which we live. before i take your questions, let me give you this announcement. next thursday the president will travel to new york to review recovery efforts, meet with affected families and local officials, and thank brave first responders who have worked tirelessly to protect communities following hurricane sandy. more details about the trip will be announced when they're available. >> that's new york city or new york area? >> new york area. earlier toda
jay carney is starting the daily briefing today. we'll perhaps get more insight on where the president stands and on the developing news with david petraeus. let's listen. >> welcome back to the white house briefing room. it's a pleasure to be back. we haven't done this too often of late since we've all been traveling. i want to thank all of you who traveled with us over the past several weeks and months. i know that it was sometimes grueling, i'm sure ever fascinating and certainly part...
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pressed today on whether the spending cuts are kicked down the road, white house spokesman jay carney was noncommittal. >> you are not having any spending cuts now. you want to do spending cuts next year; is that a fact? >> no. it's not a fact. these are all parts of aspects of the conversations that are ongoing. >> some republicans are pushing boehner an other leaders to accept an extension of the middle class cuts to avoid the white house blaming them for crash over taxes on the rich. >> everybody is waiting for schedule to go up. unless we fix that paradoxically. president obama becomes defender of the bush tax cuts for 98% of the people. he is no such thing. >> the president is seething on the comments to say -- seizing on the comments to say he is optimistic about a deal. >> we could get it done tomorrow. >> budget expert erskine bowles said the opposite. >> i'm worried we have a possibility we could go off the cliff. that would be catastrophic. >> bowles said there is a two-third chance of us going over the cliff. though he said he still hopeful we can have both tax hikes and sp
pressed today on whether the spending cuts are kicked down the road, white house spokesman jay carney was noncommittal. >> you are not having any spending cuts now. you want to do spending cuts next year; is that a fact? >> no. it's not a fact. these are all parts of aspects of the conversations that are ongoing. >> some republicans are pushing boehner an other leaders to accept an extension of the middle class cuts to avoid the white house blaming them for crash over taxes on...
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jay carney, white house press secretary said earlier in the day this is not a time for politics or time to discuss some of these measures. i think there was such an outcry that because of who the victims were here, because they were elementary school children, that maybe now is the time and president obama himself spot lighted the meaningful action. i think that was a very telling word. by the way, let's not forget this is the second major shooting in a public place in less than a week. there was a shooting in a mall in suburban portland. that was yesterday -- yet another moment that passed. president obama ticked off the list of tragedies that happened since he's been president. he didn't mention tussin, when former congresswoman gabrielle was shot. >> and he said he wouldn't. >> or ft. hood or binging tom, new york or 400 murders that have taken place in chicago through the end of october. it's not like hasn't had the moment to actually start this conversation. now it looked like he took the first step towards doing so. >> what would the second step somebody where would the debate beg
jay carney, white house press secretary said earlier in the day this is not a time for politics or time to discuss some of these measures. i think there was such an outcry that because of who the victims were here, because they were elementary school children, that maybe now is the time and president obama himself spot lighted the meaningful action. i think that was a very telling word. by the way, let's not forget this is the second major shooting in a public place in less than a week. there...
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jay carney laid it all out. let's take a look at what is in store for the second amendment in this country. >> he is actively supportive of, for example, senator feinstein's stated intent to revive a piece of legislation that would reinstate the assault weapons ban >> i think we all know that every income tax filer in america is going to pay a higher rate coming january 1stiwl unles congress acts. so i believe it's important that we protect as manypfl americanñ taxpayers as we can. and our plan b would protect the americanw3 taxpayers who make a million dollars06 or less and 6 all of their current ratesbsl extended. >> sean: that was speaker boehner talking about protecting the taxpayers with his plan b. now it's a modified plan b. is that what the plan really does? here to debate that juan williams, author of the great destroyer, and david limbaugh is with us. if you go back, this is how far we've come in a year. go back to when the republicans were debate -- trying to get the nomination. tax increases. all
jay carney laid it all out. let's take a look at what is in store for the second amendment in this country. >> he is actively supportive of, for example, senator feinstein's stated intent to revive a piece of legislation that would reinstate the assault weapons ban >> i think we all know that every income tax filer in america is going to pay a higher rate coming january 1stiwl unles congress acts. so i believe it's important that we protect as manypfl americanñ taxpayers as we...
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jay carney has called it an obsession. but i do believe that there are lots of republicans who don't want her to be the secretary of state. and whoever thought there would be a republican caucus to get john kerry -- gwen: well, if you're a member of the senate you're part of the club and that's probably what's going on. but i'm curious about the folks at the white house, mike, it seems to me the people at the white house are trying to decide if it's worth it. >> i don't often say this, because every time i think it i end up being wrong. but i think there's a visceral aspect of this. i think the president, when this came up in his first post-election press conference was genuinely upset. come after me, come after me, almost like a joe pesci moment there. gwen: right, right. and if it would have been anybody other than john mccain it wouldn't have been quite the same. >> which also may have pushed the presidential buttons as well. i think that there is a strong contingent among the upper echelon at the state department and a
jay carney has called it an obsession. but i do believe that there are lots of republicans who don't want her to be the secretary of state. and whoever thought there would be a republican caucus to get john kerry -- gwen: well, if you're a member of the senate you're part of the club and that's probably what's going on. but i'm curious about the folks at the white house, mike, it seems to me the people at the white house are trying to decide if it's worth it. >> i don't often say this,...
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chris, alissa, according to the white house, according to jay carney, this is a multi-day exercise in futility. he said that -- he reiterated the president would veto it, but it won't even get out of the senate. >> they will not vote on the proposal in any way, shape, or form. this is an interesting gambit by john boehner, andrea, because i see a lot of down side. if this vote goes down, and i assume it won't, john boehner made a very public pledge yesterday that we will pass this and when we do, the president will have a decision to make. but if it goes down, it's a real judgment on sort of the divided republican house conference. if it passes, there's no path forward at least that we can currently see. as you point on the president obama and harry reid saying this is going nowhere. the argument, i talked to some boehner allies today -- the argument shows, look, it shows we're doing something. we're trying to get a plan that will get -- that can get through the u.s. house, but, again, we're getting closer and closer now 11 days away from the end of the year, and this is an exercise t
chris, alissa, according to the white house, according to jay carney, this is a multi-day exercise in futility. he said that -- he reiterated the president would veto it, but it won't even get out of the senate. >> they will not vote on the proposal in any way, shape, or form. this is an interesting gambit by john boehner, andrea, because i see a lot of down side. if this vote goes down, and i assume it won't, john boehner made a very public pledge yesterday that we will pass this and...
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then we heard from harry reed, now just behind me, jay carney is briefing. but bottom line from the standpoint of republicans, as negotiations with the white house have broken down, is that as eric cantor said a few minutes guy to reporters, they put the onus squarely on the president right now, saying that the action by the house today, which they say they have the votes to pass is the only concrete action to avoid the fiscal cliff. >> and the president has a decision to make. he can support these measures or be responsible for wreckless spending in the largest tax hike in american history. >> and michelle, as sue indicated moment ago, we will hear from john bainener a few minutes about the road ahead. but source near the talks told me that likelihood is that both chambers of congress will leave for the weekend. that will give more space for the speaker and president, perhaps if they choose, to negotiate and members would have the opportunity, if they come up with a product, to pass it next week. >> maybe next week. but there is a growing body out of washin
then we heard from harry reed, now just behind me, jay carney is briefing. but bottom line from the standpoint of republicans, as negotiations with the white house have broken down, is that as eric cantor said a few minutes guy to reporters, they put the onus squarely on the president right now, saying that the action by the house today, which they say they have the votes to pass is the only concrete action to avoid the fiscal cliff. >> and the president has a decision to make. he can...
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jay carney may throw it off on politics but his death is worthy of review. if the white house wants to stone wall that review, they will have to pay a price. >> brian terry, he was killed by weapons supplied by our government and his parents want answers. the republican party came out with an ad dealing with the executive privilege which the president has invoked here and i think it's a pretty powerful ad. i want to get your reaction. >> i want to say it as simply as i can. transparency and the rule of law will be the touchstone of this administration. the mere fact that you have the legal power to keep something secret does not mean you should always use. >> president obama under fire for invoking executive privilege. >> the white house maybe involved in a coverup. >> new questions about what the white house new and when. >> is president obama hiding something? if so, what is it? >> do you favor executive privilege? >> there's been a tendency on the part of this administration to hide behind executive privilege. >> obama asserted executive privilege over th
jay carney may throw it off on politics but his death is worthy of review. if the white house wants to stone wall that review, they will have to pay a price. >> brian terry, he was killed by weapons supplied by our government and his parents want answers. the republican party came out with an ad dealing with the executive privilege which the president has invoked here and i think it's a pretty powerful ad. i want to get your reaction. >> i want to say it as simply as i can....
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the white house secretary jay carney said they were cherry picked numbers but this is from the bureau of labor statistics. unemployment rate, government workers 4.2%. nationally, of course, 8.2% of may. unemployment rate public versus private, government workers 4.2. manufacturing 7.1. leisure and hospitality 9.78. construction, 14.2%. then you see this public versus private nearly 23 million government workers, 900,000 unemployed. from the bureau of labor statistics. charles? >> what he is saying about the public sector workers is his belief they are equivalent to the private sector job. if you say the private sector is okay or stalled, you want to buff it up increasing the number of the government bureaucrats that are hired and that is what he believes. public -- a private sector job is job that the government doesn't have to put a penny. in it gets re-knew from the taxes, where the public sector job is somebody who lives entirely off other people working. off their taxes. hugely different. we can see in europe, the meltdown of the councilmembers from greece to portugal, spain and i
the white house secretary jay carney said they were cherry picked numbers but this is from the bureau of labor statistics. unemployment rate, government workers 4.2%. nationally, of course, 8.2% of may. unemployment rate public versus private, government workers 4.2. manufacturing 7.1. leisure and hospitality 9.78. construction, 14.2%. then you see this public versus private nearly 23 million government workers, 900,000 unemployed. from the bureau of labor statistics. charles? >> what he...
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i think jay carney called it fairy dust. the idea that it tax rates nudge up a percent or two on the top 2%, you will bring the economy to its knees. the nonpartisan congressional budget office showed if the rates increased on the top 2% of households, gdp growth would be almost exactly the same next year. it doesn't have the growth effects and in the long term getting our budget on a sustainable path is positive for the economy. it's an orthodoxy that's wrong and polluted our fiscal politics for way too long. the president has the opportunity to do something about it and i'm glad he's holding fast. >> i want to put something to both of you, first with professor peterson, there is a broader context to this whole discussion because corporate profits have just reached a record for the third quarter of this year. yet at the same time the united states has the highest percentage of low wage earners of almost any developed nation. if you listen to boehner's proposal, it does nothing but harm the working poor. >> did you want -- >
i think jay carney called it fairy dust. the idea that it tax rates nudge up a percent or two on the top 2%, you will bring the economy to its knees. the nonpartisan congressional budget office showed if the rates increased on the top 2% of households, gdp growth would be almost exactly the same next year. it doesn't have the growth effects and in the long term getting our budget on a sustainable path is positive for the economy. it's an orthodoxy that's wrong and polluted our fiscal politics...
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i could not agree with jay carney more. the chairman owes those families an apology. >> that is a perfect transition to the question, has bipartisan ship become extinct in washington. that is next. i found a new way to get my profile out there. check me out. everybody says i've got a friendly disposition and they love my spinach dip. 5 foot ten. still doing a little exploring... on it. my sign is sagittarius, i'm into spanish cheese, my hairline is receding but i'm getting a weave. (falsetto chorus) getting a weave. who wants some ronald tonight!? geico. fifteen minutes could save you fifteen percent or more. >> my name is jane and i've got osteoporosis. but i'm an on-the-go woman; i've been active all my life. that's why i'm excited about reclast. it's the once-a-year i.v. osteoporosis treatment. reclast helps to restrengthen my bones to help make them resistant to fracture. and with reclast, well, no other osteoporosis treatment is approved to help protect in more places-- hips, spine, even other bones. >> announcer: you
i could not agree with jay carney more. the chairman owes those families an apology. >> that is a perfect transition to the question, has bipartisan ship become extinct in washington. that is next. i found a new way to get my profile out there. check me out. everybody says i've got a friendly disposition and they love my spinach dip. 5 foot ten. still doing a little exploring... on it. my sign is sagittarius, i'm into spanish cheese, my hairline is receding but i'm getting a weave....
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and you saw during jay carney's press conference -- or jay carn carney's briefing rather, that the entire briefing was dominated by this topic. i think the president is probably expecting to get a number of questions on the topic of general petraeus tomorrow when he addresses correspondents. so i think this is not how the president wanted to start off his second term. obviously, he, lawmakers on capitol hill are really focused on the fiscal cliff, how to prevent it, what to do about it. the president trying to send a strong message of bipartisanship, saying to lawmakers we need to work together to get this resolved. we can't have another replay of what we saw during the summer of 2011 during the debt ceiling debate. this is not the type of press conference or the tone of the press conference certainly that the white house was hoping for. >> finally, kristin, if i may, it's also traditional for a re-elected president to refresh his cabinet. there's been speculation today that senator john kerry may be heading to the defense department. can you provide any clarity on this or indeed any othe
and you saw during jay carney's press conference -- or jay carn carney's briefing rather, that the entire briefing was dominated by this topic. i think the president is probably expecting to get a number of questions on the topic of general petraeus tomorrow when he addresses correspondents. so i think this is not how the president wanted to start off his second term. obviously, he, lawmakers on capitol hill are really focused on the fiscal cliff, how to prevent it, what to do about it. the...
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take a listen to what jay carney said. >> i'm trying to be incredibly opaque about the distinction. look. >> it's working. >> it's working. >> so at least he's man enough to admit he doesn't want to give us the answer to the question, and the question is what's going on in these negotiations, and maria, a little bit like a blind man with an elephant. know something is happening and can feel bit and pieces but no idea of what the total scope is other than talks continue and both sides are use the same talking point saying the lines of communications are open. >> what a day. let's break down how the markets reacted to all the fiscal cliff talk and jackie d'angelis with that angle. >> the trading day started with optimism that budget negotiations were on track and that the economy could avoid going over the so-called fiscal cliff. strength in tech stocks helped the markets early on in the session and apple saw soiled gains on reports of record sales at fox con and gave those back and markets paeced mid-morning. the house speaker john boehner made those comments and took the steam out o
take a listen to what jay carney said. >> i'm trying to be incredibly opaque about the distinction. look. >> it's working. >> it's working. >> so at least he's man enough to admit he doesn't want to give us the answer to the question, and the question is what's going on in these negotiations, and maria, a little bit like a blind man with an elephant. know something is happening and can feel bit and pieces but no idea of what the total scope is other than talks continue...
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white house press secretary jay carney released a statement saying, boehner's plan b does not ask enough of the wealthiest americans and cannot pass the senate. on capitol hill, danielle nottingham, cbs 5. back to you. >> thank you. >>> instagram says it now has the right to sell your photos. it's in its first big policy shift since facebook bought the photo sharing site. instagram claims the right to sell users' photos without payment or notification. and there's no way to opt out unless you close your account. the policy takes effect january 16. >>> well, the sun is out but the temperature is falling. it's 5 to 10 degrees cooler today than yesterday at this time. and elizabeth has the latest on this big chill. >> that's right. it's going to be colder still overnight tonight. yeah, bundle up if you are heading outdoors. it is cold outside. hi-def doppler kind of taking a break. we are seeing a few lingering showers. you can see it out there. mainly staying offshore. but we are still keeping about a 20% chance of showers just along the coast. the rest of the bay area look at this blue sk
white house press secretary jay carney released a statement saying, boehner's plan b does not ask enough of the wealthiest americans and cannot pass the senate. on capitol hill, danielle nottingham, cbs 5. back to you. >> thank you. >>> instagram says it now has the right to sell your photos. it's in its first big policy shift since facebook bought the photo sharing site. instagram claims the right to sell users' photos without payment or notification. and there's no way to opt...
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. >> white house briefing spokesman jay carney was pushed for explanation. >> what your questions seems to suggest is that it is more important that i or others use talking point provideed by the intelligence community, than what happened in benghazi. >> a congressional memo by fox news said the al-qaeda affiliated terrorists were involved in benghazi and assault on embassies in yemen and tunisia. senior fellow suggested terrorist attacks on 9/11 were not isolated events but were potentially linked. >> bret: big deal. we will continue to follow it. thank you. congressional negotiations going nowhere fast, president obama is appealing to a different constituency tonight in his bid to back away from the fiscal cliff. we have fox team coverage. chief washington correspondent james rosen is at the white house to tell us about the president's return to the campaign trail sort of. but we begin with the chief congressional correspondent mike emanuel and another reason that the talk reconciliation so important. good evening, mike. >> good evening. there are strong suggestions that the nation's
. >> white house briefing spokesman jay carney was pushed for explanation. >> what your questions seems to suggest is that it is more important that i or others use talking point provideed by the intelligence community, than what happened in benghazi. >> a congressional memo by fox news said the al-qaeda affiliated terrorists were involved in benghazi and assault on embassies in yemen and tunisia. senior fellow suggested terrorist attacks on 9/11 were not isolated events but...
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joining us live this evening from the white house briefing room, white house press secretary jay carney. welcome. >> thank you for having me. >> bret: i know you heard mike's piece. speaker boehner went further, saying the white house made clear by labor day it was in full campaign mode. the president wants this to be a year one address. he is taking on the role of rip van winkle like he slept through the two years where democrats controlled both chambers. your reaction? >> my reaction is it's unfortunate that you have criticism of a speech that someone hasn't heard yet. he is wrong about it. the president worked hard resulted in great republican resistance in a deal finally not withstanding a lot of problems in the house of republican caucus and extension of the payroll tax cut for the american people for two months. extension that we fully expect congress to carry out through the end of the year when they get back to work here. the president will continue to build on themes he laid out in a speech in kansas, about how we need an economy here that is built to last. not on housing bubbl
joining us live this evening from the white house briefing room, white house press secretary jay carney. welcome. >> thank you for having me. >> bret: i know you heard mike's piece. speaker boehner went further, saying the white house made clear by labor day it was in full campaign mode. the president wants this to be a year one address. he is taking on the role of rip van winkle like he slept through the two years where democrats controlled both chambers. your reaction? >> my...
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. >> reporter: jay carney said the president went from 1.6 to $1.3 trillion in the new revenues he wants and said that republicans proposals won't fly. >> the proposal, sensually s to take another tax cut to the wealthiest americans at a time when we can't afford it. >> what is not clear is if speaker john boehner can get republicans to go along with the nearly $1 trillion in new taxes that he is proposing. >> how confident are you that john boehner is speak for the republicans? >> i don't think he is yet. >> reporter: thomas mann of the brookings institution said boehner faced -- against his own party before and is careful not to move too fast. >> it's not clear to me that this proposal would attract republicans sufficient to carry in the full house. >> the bottom line on both sides remains unchanged, though. reach a deal in the next 13 days or taxes on everyone will go up new year's day. aides say speaker john boehner is pushing for a more comprehensive bipartisan plan. the problem in the negotiations is that the president and speaker of the house are still hundreds of bottoms of dolla
. >> reporter: jay carney said the president went from 1.6 to $1.3 trillion in the new revenues he wants and said that republicans proposals won't fly. >> the proposal, sensually s to take another tax cut to the wealthiest americans at a time when we can't afford it. >> what is not clear is if speaker john boehner can get republicans to go along with the nearly $1 trillion in new taxes that he is proposing. >> how confident are you that john boehner is speak for the...
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. >> what we saw there is jay carney to try to continue to win the public perception that the public is doing everything he can to solve this problem if necessary and the republicans are not. they are locked in some unmovable spot. saying this is horrible. it seems to me that as of tonight again, the president is still winning the public perception that he is trying harder than the republicans are to solve this problem. he makes it clear that he is eger that reach a deal. it has penetrated the public consciousness to be clear. the numbers are in the 6 0 to 70% range. but it has even penetrated the reason conference. dan burton as you played the last clip he is very clear of what will happen if we don't do something now and it looks clear that they are not going to do something now. they are going to get hammered for taking over the cliff and they are going to get whatever democrats can muster at that point. even democrats, recognize that the public perception is the one that you laid out. >> now, we mepgsed that he thinks the president has gone too far in what he has offered john boe
. >> what we saw there is jay carney to try to continue to win the public perception that the public is doing everything he can to solve this problem if necessary and the republicans are not. they are locked in some unmovable spot. saying this is horrible. it seems to me that as of tonight again, the president is still winning the public perception that he is trying harder than the republicans are to solve this problem. he makes it clear that he is eger that reach a deal. it has...
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>> our day jobs is to make jay carney more uncomfortable. how does the white house press briefing become more informative to the american public? >> i guess they could start providing us with information. >> that's always number one. do you think the worst thing is it's televised? this is hard for two television reporters to say that. do you think we'd get more information if it wasn't televised? >> i think so. people think we're performing for the cameras. >> exasperated. >> i'm a lot more quiet on tv. i'm more outgoing -- >> you're loud. we share very thin walls. i'm going to file a noise complaint. >> you have a baritone yourself, my friend. one of the things they could do, when they're trying to unveil a program, something to do with education reform or trade that our bosses would never put on the arks they bring somebody to the briefing to answer our questions. why don't they do that with benghazi. >> sn. >> with afghanistan, the stuff we're covering. >> cia, why don't they do that? >> because we might actually be interested in their an
>> our day jobs is to make jay carney more uncomfortable. how does the white house press briefing become more informative to the american public? >> i guess they could start providing us with information. >> that's always number one. do you think the worst thing is it's televised? this is hard for two television reporters to say that. do you think we'd get more information if it wasn't televised? >> i think so. people think we're performing for the cameras. >>...